PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON FLYING WILDCATS   1942 - 1944
TORONTO ARGONAUTS   1945-1952, 1955

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN RUNNING BACK  1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY  1946
CANADIAN MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 1946, 1947
LOU MARSH TROPHY    1946

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952

JOE (KING) KROL WHO COULD RUN, KICK, AND PASS, BECAME KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST TRIPLE-THREAT PLAYERS.

KROL STARTED WITH THE ARGOS IN 1945 AND BECAME ONE OF TORONTO'S BEST-LOVED PLAYERS. HE AND TEAMMATE ROYAL COPELAND, KNOWN AS THE "GOLD DUST TWINS", WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS MAGICAL PLAYS. KROL SCORED 30 POINTS IN GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FOR 28 YEARS THIS WAS A LEAGUE RECORD. JOE KROL IS A MEMBER OF CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1963 - PLAYER

CHARTER MEMBER

Class of 1963 Earl Grey, D. Wes Brown, John DeGruchy, "Seppi" DuMoulin, William C. Foulds, Frank J. Hannibal, Alvin Ritchie, Harry L. Batstone, Ormond Beach, Joseph M. Breen, Lionel P. Conacher, Ernest Cox, Jake Jacobs, Eddie "Dynamite" James, Fritz Hanson, Smirle Lawson, Frank R. "Pep" Leadlay, Norman Perry, Teddy Reeve, Jeff Russel, David S. Sprague, Brian M. Timmis, Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Russ Rebholz